D.I.Y Dressing and Sunbathing

1. D.I.Y Dressing and Sunbathing Paulina Castorena

2. D.I.Y Dressing

3. During World War I, women who were servants had to leave their domestic roles and take over the traditionally male jobs while men were at war. After the war, the working women did not want to leave their factory jobs due to reasons such as higher wages paid, therefore making it hard for middle-class women to reclaim their servants. Because servants were a huge help to the upper class women in dressing up and doing hair, the absence of help caused a dramatic change in the fashion industry.

4. During the 1920s, people began to wear clothing that was more sporty and comfortable rather than the uncomfortable, constricting clothing that was worn before. Clothes such as pants and short skirts began to trend, and the waistlines began to disappear. Hairstyles changed as well, such as shorter bobs and simple chignons, that were easy to maintain. Designers Coco Chanel and and Jean Patou were key influences throughout this time of change, designing clothes that avoided the old traditional corsets and bustles.

5. Sunbathing

6. Back then, it used to be looked down upon to have a suntan, for it showed that a person was tan due to being out in the sun working all day. Women used bonnets and parasols to protect themselves from the sun rays when they were outside, but it was considered luxury to be indoors. It was not until the 1900s when doctors were promoting the benefits of vitamin D through the exposure of sunlight.

7. Surprisingly, Coco Channel happened to be the one who “invented” sunbathing in the 1920s, when she got too much sun on a Mediterranean Cruise. When everyone saw Channel with her wonderful sun-kissed glow, everyone decided they wanted to have that same glow as her. Fashion designers were so fascinated about this new tan craze that they began to design swimsuits that were suitable for tanning.

8. Swimsuit Styles timeline 1930s- halter neck swimsuits that allowed a person’s back to be tan. 1946- launch of the bikini that let women expose more skin to the sun 1960s- topless sunbathing began to trend after it was done by a famous icon at the time 1964- creation of the monokini

9. In conclusion Now on the contrary to promoting sunbathing, today doctors are now concerned about the overexposure of sun and skin cancer risks. Therefore, people are now preferring to use artificial tanning such as spray tans and tanning pills to prevent them from being prone to risk

10. Question With the developments of artificial tanning, do you think people go on beach vacations with a spray tan before they sunbathe to get a head start?

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